How do you cure a hernia?

Question

Please help! I need to know of a way to make a thing called a hernia go away. I'm desperate! It's not for me, It's my girlfriend, she needs it, and she needs it now!

Answer 1

Hi Steven

Here are some ideas to heal the condition.

Cause
The people most prone to hiatal hernia are smokers and people who are overweight.

Hiatal hernia is often due to chronic, extreme tension in the psoas and quadratus lumborum, two large muscles that merge with the diaphragm, causing the diaphragm to become chronically stressed. Osteopathic manipulation can help normalize these muscles.


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Natural Cures

Breathing Exercises: Deep breathing exercises can help to strengthen the muscles of the diaphragm and expand the lungs. This is important since many people with hiatal hernia have restricted breathing patterns and have a habit of swallowing air more frequently than normal. This causes the excessive air to enter the stomach, stressing the diaphragmatic opening through which the esophagus passes, and exacerbating hiatal hernia symptoms. Conscious, deep breathing exercises can help slow down the rate of swallowing to more normal levels.

Diet: Avoid overeating and minimize your intake of spicy foods, fried foods, coffee, tea, carbonated drinks, citrus juices, alcohol, whipped cream, milk shakes, peppermint, green and red peppers, and onion, all of which can worsen symptoms. Also avoid eating large meals and then lying down or bending over, and do not drink too much during and after meals. While your condition exists, it is best to eat small meals throughout the day, rather than the typical three-meal plan.

Exercise and Lifestyle: Sit in an armchair, inhale, and then and hold your breath as you lift your legs up toward your chest. Lower your legs and then exhale. Repeat this exercise several times per session, and do it several times a day.

If your symptoms include shortness of breath or food becoming lodged in your esophagus, drink 16 ounces of pure filtered water and bounce on your heels 10-20 times.

When you sleep, be sure that your upper body is in an elevated position so that your chest cavity is above your stomach. This will prevent your stomach from rising into your chest cavity.

Herbs: To reduce the inflammation and symptoms of acid reflux caused by hiatal hernia, make an infusion of equal parts comfrey root, marshmallow root, and meadowsweet and drink throughout the day and before going to sleep.

Homeopathy: Calc carb., Hepar sulph., and Ferrum phos. can help relieve symptoms.

Hydrotherapy: Hydrotherapy is the application of water, ice, steam and hot and cold temperatures to maintain and restore health. Treatments include full body immersion, steam baths, saunas, sitz baths, colonic irrigation and the application of hot and/or cold compresses. Hydrotherapy is effective for treating a wide range of conditions and can easily be used in the home as part of a self-care program. Many Naturopathic Physicians, Physical Therapists and Day Spas use Hydrotherapy as part of treatment. I suggest several at-home hydrotherapy treatments.

Nutritional Supplementation: The digestive enzymes pancreatin and hydrochloric acid can help relieve symptoms, as can aloe vera juice. Vitamin B complex and a multivitamin/mineral formula can also help.

Alternative Professional Care
If your symptoms persist despite the above measures, seek the help of a qualified health professional. The following professional care therapies have all been shown to be useful for treating hiatal hernia: Applied Kinesiology, Biofeedback Training, Bodywork, Chiropractic, Detoxification Therapy, Magnetic Field Therapy, Naturopathic Medicine, Osteopathy, Reflexology, and Traditional Chinese Medicine

Best of health to both of you

Answer 2

No, absolutely not. Acupuncture works by blocking nerves signals and, in essence, numbing that part of your body. I've tried it myself many times and I would recommend it. However, it does not "cure" anything, especially not a hernia and it would be a bad idea to try it in your case, because you would temporarily not feel the pain but in reality the hernia would be getting worse, since you would, more than likely, increase your physical activity thinking things are okay. I would definitely recommend seeing a doctor ASAP. A hernia can be extremely serious. A friend of mine waited a year before seeing a doctor and was told by the doctor "I have never seen a hernia this bad before." Now, my friend cannot do any kind of physical activity, other than walking- no cycling, heaving lifting, moving furnture, or anything else. In addition, he gets constant severe pains which can last for a couple of hours and have him in tears almost on the floor. MY SUGGESTION- SEE A DOCTOR.

Answer 3

A hernia can only be "cured" surgically. It's when a section of your intestines has pushed it's way through the abdominal muscles. It is not serious unless accompanied by pain. Many times they do not surgically repair them if they're not causing any trouble. A young girl should not have a hernia though - it's not common. She should see her doctor to make sure that's what it is.

Answer 4

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Hope this helps.

Answer 5

well a hernia is a muscle that is portruding out like a bulge. and My brother had one, if they're not really bad ir big or you can restrain from what makes them pop out then you don't need surgery but if you can't help when it pops out then you need to have surgery. its not painful unless its in the stomach.

Answer 6

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Hernias
A hernia is an abnormal opening in the abdominal wall, with or without protrusion of an intraabdominal structure. A hernia develops in 5% of men during their lifetime. The most common groin hernia in males or females is the indirect inguinal hernia. Femoral hernias are more common in females than in males.

Inguinal hernias

Indirect sacs pass through the internal inguinal ring lateral to the inferior epigastric vessels and lie within the spermatic cord. Two-thirds of inguinal are indirect hernea.

Direct occur when viscera protrude through a weak area in the posterior inguinal wall. The base of the hernia sac lies medial to the inferior epigastric vessels, through Hesselbach's triangle, which is formed hernia by the inferior epigastric artery, the lateral edge of the rectus sheath.

Combined (pantaloon) hernias occur when direct and indirect hernias occur.

Sliding occur when part of the wall of the sac is formed by a viscera (bladder, colon). Richter's occur when part of the bowel (rather than the entire circumference) becomes trapped. Only a "knuckle" of bowel enters the hernia sac.

Incarcerated cannot be reduced into the abdominal cavity. Strangulated are with incarcerated contents.

Inguinal Anatomy

Layers of Abdominal Wall: Skin, subcutaneous fat, Scarpa's fascia, external oblique, internal oblique, transversus abdominous, transversalis fascia, peritoneum.

Hesselbach's Triangle: A triangle formed by the lateral edge.

Inguinal Ligament: Ligament running from anterior superior iliac spine to the pubic tubercle.

Lacunar Ligament: Reflection of inguinal ligament from the pubic tubercle onto the iliopectineal line.

Cooper's Ligament: Strong, fibrous band located on the iliopectineal line of superior public ramus.

External Inguinal Ring: Opening in the external oblique aponeurosis; the ring contains the ilioinguinal nerve.

Internal Ring: Bordered superiorly by internal oblique muscle and inferomedially by the inferior epigastric vessels.

Processus Vaginalis: A diverticulum of peritoneum which descends with testicle and lies adjacent to the spermatic cord.

Femoral Canal: Formed by the borders of the inguinal ligament, lacunar ligament, Cooper's ligament, and femoral sheath.

Clinical Evaluation

Inguinal usually present as an intermittent mass in thegroin. The symptoms can usually be reproduced by a purposeful Valsalva maneuver. A bowel obstruction may rarely be the first manifestation .

Physical examination. An inguinal bulge with a smooth, rounded surface is usually palpable. The bulge may become larger with straining. The hernia sac can be assessed by invaginating the hemiscrotum with an index finger passed through the external inguinal ring.

Radiologic evaluation. X-ray studies are not usually needed. Ultrasonography or CT scanning may be necessary to evaluate small hernias, particularly in the obese patient.

Differential diagnosis. Inguinal hernias are distinguished from femoral hernias by the fact that femoral hernias originate below the inguinal ligament. Inguinal adenopathy, lipomas, dilatation of the saphenous vein, and psoas abscesses may present as inguinal masses.

Treatment

Preoperative evaluation and preparation. Hernias should be treated surgically. Chronic cough, constipation, ascites, or urinary obstruction can increase intraabdominal pressure and should be corrected before elective herniorrhaphy. If incarceration or strangulation has occurred, broad-spectrum antibiotics and nasogastric suction should be initiated.

Answer 7

SURGERY is the usual way to Date I am unaware of a better alternative sorry.

Answer 8

Surgery is the only option I know of.

Answer 9

surgery!